Culture

The Internet Will Change the Way We Relate to One Another

The Internet Will Change the Way We Relate to One Another The Internet Will Change the Way We Relate to One Another

“Given the stakes and the power of the interests now seeking to shape and profit from this new technology, the end result may not be a happy one for the average citizen-user.”

Jul 12, 1993 / Richard Kreitner

William F. Buckley Lived Off Evil As Mold Lives Off Garbage

William F. Buckley Lived Off Evil As Mold Lives Off Garbage William F. Buckley Lived Off Evil As Mold Lives Off Garbage

A not-too-fond remembrance of “Squire Willie,” patron saint of post-World War II American conservatism.

Jun 11, 1988 / Robert Sherrill

Full Metal Jacket Full Metal Jacket

The Marine Corps training camp where the first, and more striking, half of Full Metal Jacket takes place looks more like a medical facility than a military one.

Aug 1, 1987 / Books & the Arts / Terrence Rafferty

Gore Vidal

Requiem for the American Empire Requiem for the American Empire

“Empires are restless organisms. They must constantly renew themselves; should an empire start leaking energy, it will die.”

Jan 11, 1986 / Gore Vidal

Fred Rodell Fred Rodell

Fred Rodell is largely forgotten these days, but as the "bad boy of American legal academia" he inspired several generations of Yale Law School students to think differently about ...

Jun 21, 1980 / Sidney Zion

Was Fred Hampton Executed?

Was Fred Hampton Executed? Was Fred Hampton Executed?

Seven years after the shootings of Fred Hampton and Mark Clark by the Chicago police, a civil suit reveals the sordid details behind the assassination.

Dec 25, 1976 / Feature / Jeff Gottlieb and Jeff Cohen

Roe v. Wade Roe v. Wade

The Supreme Court gives women the right to choose while also rendering an important lesson on the practical workings of democracy.

Feb 5, 1973 / The Editors

Slaughter at Attica Slaughter at Attica

New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller turns a prison-wide protest into a wholesale slaughter.

Sep 27, 1971 / The Editors

Death of a Legendary Hero Death of a Legendary Hero

The riots of 1968 are bound to change the way that history views the political career of Charles de Gaulle.

Nov 30, 1970 / Feature / Daniel Singer

Apollo 11

Space Is Not Black Space Is Not Black

Days before the Apollo 11 launch in 1969, The Nation lamented a government that spent freely on white astronauts, engineers, and contractors, but could not find jobs at home for it...

Jun 30, 1969 / Jack Robertson

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